Ok, it was time to put the plans into action. Time for putting together the cake! As mentioned in the Haahoo post… I can’t make figures. Thankfully I found these, just the right size for a cake, brightly coloured, and of course can be played with after the event too! The request was for a […]
Coconut Macaroons. I reckon we can class them as British. These beauties are easy, tasty, and smell absolutely gorgeous while baking, filling the house with coconutty loveliness. ——————————————- Chocolate-bottom Macaroon Cookies Recipe – taken from Vegan Cookies invade your Cookie Jar by Ida Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero Ingredients 3 ounces extra firm silken […]
I posted about the item I sent for the craft swap a couple of weeks ago. This morning, my item arrived…. How. Freaking. Cool. Is. It. I love love love it! My friends that I went to the Studio Tour with are unbelievably jealous. And rightly so! Thanks Stu! You are awesome! (blog post about […]
Today, we got up and got straight on with making the cakes needed for the big cake for my friend’s niece. We also had to go get some bits and pieces for finishing it off, did a bit of cross stitch, watched Enchanted, and did some giggling. For our tea? We fired up the KitchenAid, […]
This morning we started the day with a Metafit class, then a quick shower and it was time to get on with stuff! We took a trip into town to get some bits and pieces of fabric, went to see Snow White and the Huntsman (not as bad as I was expecting), then came home […]
Today we took the day off from crafting, and took Rivka on a surprise trip out for her birthday. It was a surprise we were going anywhere until yesterday, and up until we turned off the motorway and into the carpark… little did she know that our destination was… Warner Bros Studio Tour! Totally amazing, […]
What could be more British than a nice Village Fete style competition. …and for a prize? A nice rosette. The original inspiration came from an issue of CrossStitcher magazine, but then I elaborated on it to truly embrace Britishness. First prize… Savoury first prize. Represented by a cucumber sandwich. Sweet first prize. Battenberg! Then I […]
Two of my best friends arrived today… For a week…. And it’s going to be CraftBaketacular! We started with a spot of lunch at Grounded, then watched some Harry Potter (the first two are awful, so it didn’t matter that we weren’t paying much attention) while chatting and making stuff. Rivka has been making stainless […]
Over the weekend (while making Hermans), my kitchen slave (thanks Mum) chopped up lots of lovely apple into little bitty bits for the cakes. I had some leftover, so made it into applesauce with a view to making these lovelies that I had earmarked for making. P.S. my method of choice is chopped up apple, […]
Ok, so you know I said I was practicing my cross stitching ready to make that Emma Bridgewater pattern…. I finally bit the bullet, bought the threads (and some nice linen to sew it onto), and got on with it! It started with something resembling Hieroglyphs…. Then once I started to add the other colours… […]
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